Beyond Color Control – Color Efects
The image color is great, but if an image fails to convey the mood or emotion, the story behind the image falls flat. One of the filters in Color EfexPro 3.0 may be just the tool for adding just the right effect to enhance the image’s story power.
Nik Software’s U [...]

Consider Black and White
Not every photo looks its best in color.  Some images just look better in black and white.  Similarly, some stories demand dramatic black and white images.  The drama and contrast of a snow or desert scene is often highlighted in black and white.

Nik Software’s U Point® control points in Silver Efex Pro [...]

Eye Catching Color
Color.  The eye is naturally attracted to color, bright reds, vivid greens.  Stories have been written about color.  Songs have even been sung about color.  Remember the Simon & Garfunkel song Kodachrome?
Color control is vital to making a subject pop.  Nik Software provides a powerful color control solution with Viveza.  Nik Software’s U [...]

Digital Noise Tamed
Digital noise is inherent in digital images, much like grain is inherent in film images.  Sometimes, digital noise can enhance the mood of the image, and helps set the stage for the story behind the image.  More often, however, noise distracts the viewer from the subject and the story.  If the noise is [...]

Powerful Workflow Tools
The Nik Software Complete Collection provides a powerful end-to end digital workflow solution. The Complete Collection includes:
• Dfine 2.0 - Noise Reduction
• Sharpener Pro 3.0 – Raw Pre-sharpening & Output Sharpening
• Viveza – Color and Light Control
• Color Efex Pro 3.0 – Image Enhancements
• Siliver Efex Pro - Black & White Conversion and Black & White Enhancements

Keeping the Subject Sharp
Does a busy background distract the eye from a photo’s subject and confuse the communicated story? If blurring a busy background makes the subject “pop” and enhances the story, try Alien Skin’s Bokeh.

Visual Defects in Images
What do you do with images that show scratches, dust, spots, pimples, wrinkles, or even the dreaded ex. Get Alien Skin’s Image Doctor 2.0. This Photoshop plug-in provides a set of five cool filters that clean up visual defects in digital images.

If a painted image tells your story better than digital pixels, Alien Skin’s Snap Art 2.0 is just the tool to convert photos to an image with that hand crafted look. Students, teachers, marketing and web designers can experience a variety of painting styles, with just a click of the mouse using Snap Art 2.0.

Do digital images capture the essence of your story, or do you pine for the days of film? For a story set in the 1970s, the look of KodachromeTM may help carry the story. For a gritty detective tale, Kodak Tri-XTM could set the mood. One tool that simulates film in [...]

Improving Digital Images
You have a digital camera, you’re snapping lots of pictures, but you’re not happy with the results. Someone took your Kodachrome away. O.k., lets be honest. You donated your Kodachrome and the remaining film after getting hooked on shooting digital. Yet, now you want that film look back without losing the [...]